You might take a look at www.aptastro.com as well. The APT Astro wedge gets great reviews for Celestron Nexstar 8/11 scopes. It is now supposed to fit Meade...
Did you buy a focal reducer? And how does it fit with the LPI? Do you need an adapter or adapter ring? I own also a LX200 10 inch scope. Thomas ... [Non-text...
The Meade reducers screw straight to the back of the scope. No adapters needed unless you have a crayford focuser (like the focuser Meade includes on the GPS...
Hello all, The RA drive's magnetic sensor used for Smart Drive on my 10" LX200GPS has fallen off. So now my Smart Drive (PEC) doesn't work. I have removed my...
http://www.astronomysite.com/mapug/20/msg20816.htm says: "The RA worm assy has a tiny magnet in the worm gear shaft, and a similar hall effect sensor on the...
http://members.aol.com/ccdastro/decfix2.htm for pix of sensor mounted on LX200's RA motor and worm http://www.eee.bham.ac.uk/joness/lx200/mylx.htm says: "The...
Jim, I own a Mitty wedge and bought it back when it was under $600, and waited forever, or at least what seemed to be forever. I absolutely love the wedge,...
Hi Gang: It is time. For what? Why, time to put together another issue of my little Skywatch newsletter. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you can...
This is a forward from Kevin Dixon concerning another of our wonderful SCT User Imaging Contest sponsors. I personally have bought every TeleVue eyepiece I've...
HI Gang: Forwarded details on two more wonderful sponsors who made this year's SCT User Imaging Competition go. In a message dated 9/6/04 2:44:08 PM Central...
Hi everybody I live in the far north of England, U.K and now have time to pursue my hobby of stargazing due to retirement. I'm a new owner of an ETX125. Just...
... scope ... display. ... A few weeks ago I helped a fellow with an ETX90 get set up. I have a DS-114 with Autostar. His trouble was the scope was just...
HI Gang: As many of you are probably aware, Yahoo is proposing (again) to make its Groups a PAY service. While they've floated this idea before, and have never...
I haven't used the spiral search feature in ages, but I think it may be initiated by holding down the GoTo button for 2-3 seconds. Perhaps that is all it is....
Seems to me that some of the features being mooted would be extremely beneficial to group owners and users. As long as yahoo continue to provide a free basic...
Peter, As "codeman" pointed out "spiral search" is what autostar offers you when you goto an object, but can't see it - you hit goto again and it offers to...
Will a Meade 7" Mak OTA fit the fork mount from the 8" SCTs like the LX10s, 50s or 200s? I see these fork mounts available without OTAs every now and then for...
help! I find myself in an area where the milky way is easily visible. Can anyone give me a starting point for bracketing exposures? Thanks! exposure time...
If you are piggy backing your camera on a scope, try starting at 5 mins. Then try 10 mins, 15 mins…so forth. If you just using a tripod mounted camera, you...
Yes…very good point! I forgot to mention that! Allen And if your scope is not well polar-aligned, you will have the same problem with star-trailing, quite...
If you have an illiminated reticle EP, use that in the scope to guide the image. Much easier than prime focus guiding- at such short focal length you'll only...
I think so. The forks and base should be the same. Taking a close look in an old catalog, I don't see any difference in the saddle plates between the 8" and...
Sigh... I thought it was 5 min for stationary cameras, but now I remember it's 5 min for alt/az mounts before field rotation becomes noticeable. Another...
Come to think of it I did the same error when I got my DS-114 with Autostar years ago. After you select your object press "Enter" and after it displays the...
I'm looking to move up in scope, but I'm at a point of confusion that only beer, women, and/or a better scope will cure :) I was looking at the SN8 as a...
